Claim · model-written summary
Russian thistle movement direction correlated highly with wind direction.
- Taxon
- Russian thistle
Salsola tragust0 - Outcome
- direction plants movede0
- Setting
- wind directione0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The direction plants moved correlated highly with wind direction”
t0“Russian Thistle (Salsola iberica)”
Title
Plant Movement and Seed Dispersal of Russian Thistle (Salsola iberica)
George P. Stallings; Donald C. Thill; Carol A. Mallory-Smith; et al. Weed Science 1995. doi:10.1017/s0043174500080838
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Estimated seeds per plant averaged 57,400 in 1991.
- Observation Estimated seeds per plant averaged 66,000 in 1992.
- Observation Some Russian thistle plants traveled up to 4069 m in six weeks.
- Observation Other Russian thistle plants traveled only 60 m because of variable winds and snow or freezing.
- Observation Stationary plants lost 15% of seeds in 1991 and 26% in 1992.
- Observation Tumbling plants lost 48% of seeds in 1991 and 66% in 1992.